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To: sandintoes who wrote (2699)	9/15/2003 9:53:07 AM
From: PatiBob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6358

Oh man, are you gonna love this! Click on the link and take part in the survey too. click2houston.com Government, Airlines Plan Color Coding For Air Travelers Government-Run System Will Replace Airline-Administered Program POSTED: 12:08 p.m. EDT September 9, 2003 WASHINGTON -- The government already has color-coded terror alerts -- now it's preparing to color-code air travelers. According to The Washington Post, the government and airlines will phase in a computer system next year to measure the risk posed by every passenger who boards a flight in the United States. Passengers will be assigned one of three codes, based in part on their travel plans, traveling companions and the date the ticket was purchased. Sources said those coded "green" will easily pass through security checkpoints. Others will be coded "yellow" and face additional screening. An estimated 1-2 percent who get "red" coding will be barred from boarding and face police questioning. They may be arrested. The system is called the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, or CAPPS II. CAPPS II replaces the initial CAPPS program, which was administered by the airlines under federal guidelines. The new program will be a government-run system. According to the Transportation Security Administration, CAPPS II will use information that passengers provide when making reservations to confirm a traveler's identity and assess a risk level. The passenger's name will be run against commercial databases and a score indicating a confidence level in that passenger's identity will be returned. The TSA said that for most passengers, the information collected will be deleted soon after the trip is safely completed. For people deemed to be a high risk, the length of time the information will be kept is still under consideration. Critics fear the new system will be far too intrusive and that some people will be mistakenly "flagged" and even falsely arrested. The TSA said in late July the system could take six months to test and implement.